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The actor Vinnie Jones was treated in hospital in the US and reportedly arrested after being hit with a glass in a bar brawl. The actor was taken to a medical centre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with injuries to his head and nose. A local paper said Jones, 43, had taken offence at being asked about his role in X-Men 3.

Tax-avoider Vestey leaves £17m

Edmund Vestey, whose family became one of the richest in Britain after paying hardly any tax for 60 years, left more than £16.7m in his will. The businessman, who died from cancer aged 75 last year, inherited jointcontrol of one of the largest family businesses in the world that included Dewhurst butchers. A legal loophole in the family trust in Paris allowed tax to be avoided. Vestey once said: "Let's face it, nobody pays more tax than they have to.